Omitsu Koshi

**clap**clap**clap**

is there a japanese food bug around, or is it just me? i think it is just me ^^
i was browsing through xiu long bao's blog when i stumble into this. whoa... cheap japanese food never hurt anyone, dont they? dont get me wrong, jap food always give the impression of being expensive. so, when i found about this, the cheap soul inside me just started screaming 'go!go!go!'. So, off i go ^^

we decided to have dinner there. and when we arrive, it was almost full house. a full house is always a good sign of a good restaurant ;)


we got to sit here

a really cool place to have dinner. sitting down, sushi, green tea ;) so very japanese-y... gosh, i just quoted 1 utada hikaru's song that i cant stand @,@ dont get me wrong, i like her, but not so much when she went to america.
anyways... enough off topics...back to omitsu koshi. it sure is a good ambience in this place.


appetizer::california roll

i am usually amazed by japanese culture. so, japanese food just seems to come naturally to me. I am so fascinated by the way they respect their elders (at least that used to be the way during the samurai era). how loyal they are to their leader, to their very last breath. that is just so amazing. and i guess that influences how they treat their food too. with much respect and simplicity. for good samurai era books, find books written by eiji yoshikawa. he wrote a book on musashi (the greatest samurai who ever lived and pioneered the usage of double blade in a duel) and another book japanese shoguns (cant remember the title for this one).


beef teppanyaki set


mix tempura


pork curry set


sashimi zen set


pan fried onigiri

food here is good. n cheap. ambience is good. lots of families though. it's a good place to hang out with your friends. for couples, they do have couples arrangement seats. a little secluded from the other tables, but i cant say that it would be a romantic dinner there ;)
they serve alcohol here, too. ranging from japanese beers, asahi, sapporo beer etc. going for around 15-17RM per can. sake and shojhu too. do give those a try, if u can take alcohol.
all of the set here comes with fruits, pickles, bean sprout and miso soup. i like my sashimi set. they are nice and fresh, except for one piece of the white meat fish (what was its name?), it came out slightly colder and a bit hard in the middle, as if fresh from the fridge ;p beef teppanyaki set seemed to be chowed down pretty fast, no complaints from that department, so it should be good. pork curry is good too. and the mix tempura costs RM23, still a bargain. 4 piece of ebi tempura, a piece of fish, aubergine, sweet potato, and 2 more of the vegie family that i have problems naming ;p onigiri looks good too, it was chowed down in no time and not even an offer to taste it @,@
they dont charge for green tea. while xiu long bao gets free towels and chawan mushi, i only get free green tea. but, no complaints here ^^


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nice cozy ambience...


aint this a good entrance or what?

this is going to get a little bit philosophical. so hang on for a little bit for the shocks on this ride. eating to me, is like consuming a part of one country's culture. despite how we consume the food. when u partake in one country's cuisine, u indulge in their culture and lifestyle.
so, japanese food to me, is about respecting ingredients and letting them speak for themselves. that is also how i have come to view japanese culture. respect.

Opposite Atria Shopping Centre,
Jalan ss 22/23, Damansara Jaya, PJ.
TEL: 03-77222779

PS: wouldnt have found this great place without ur blog, xiu long bao. so thanks to you too ^^

D2E's Cheap Mixed Rice

I love taking new Indonesian students here. I cant understand why they keep on saying that food in Jakarta, or whatever certain part of Indonesia that they come from, is cheaper. That just baffles me. So in response to their statement, I would always bring them here...


the wet market of ss15

This is a really cool place. It's a 2 storey building, erected by MPSJ, i suppose. Opens around the beginning of 2007 (i guess). Before that, it was your normal wet market. Wearing slippers and shorts to buy groceries from the market. But this one is different. With the market on the ground floor, and a food court on top of it, it gives the place a very modern look, not to mention functionality.
Anyways, why we are here? for the cheapest mixed rice in my knowledge. some days, i just got to go back to my roots. rice. with some veggie, fried egg and fried chicken, with a splash of curry chicken. that is simple, nutritious food with deep satisfaction of a child biting into a huge chunk of brownie :) bad analogy, i know... but i'm still enchanted by nigella's brownie. anyone got a recipe to that? i would love to try them, now that i'm almost bored of baking cupcakes ;p

back to the main topic....
we are here to explore this one stall. always crowded during lunch time. unless u went there close to 3pm. then u will see this....


the 2.30pm condition...

where u will see line of people eating here, now you see the people who runs the shop. where u will see around 25+ kind of dishes, now you see less than 10. which in the end, turn up to be this...


no meat for today :(

that is quite a treat for me at RM2.30. Can u believe that price? 4 kinds of dishes with rice and my lunch costs me RM2.30 with RM0.20 chinese tea, lunch comes down to RM2.50. Cheaper than paying for 1 hour parking at KLIA ;p
Halfway through my lunch, the owner told me that he's just finished frying some chicken. At RM1 for a breast piece, having lunch here is definitely a good bargain during the 'old month' ^^

open hours:
11am - 2pm

World's Most Expensive Foods @,@

Food is one of the basic needs that all living things have in common. But all foods are not created equal, especially in terms of price, as the following list illustrates.

1. Hamburger

At $99, the Double Truffle Hamburger at DB Bistro Moderne in Manhattan gives new meaning to the term whopper. The burger contains three ounces of rib meat mixed with truffles and foie gras stuffed inside seven ounces of sirloin steak and served on a Parmesan and poppy seed bun, with salad and truffle shavings. For penny-pinchers and calorie counters, the Single Truffle version is a mere $59.

2. Caviar

The world's most expensive caviar is a type of Iranian beluga called Almas. Pale amber in color, it comes from sturgeons that are between 60 and 100 years old. A 3.9-pound container will set you back $48,750.

3. Pie

In 2006, a chef in northwestern England created the world's most expensive pie. Based on a traditional steak and mushroom pie, the dish includes $1,000 worth of Wagyu beef fillet, $3,330 in Chinese matsutake mushrooms (which are so rare that they are grown under the watchful eyes of armed guards), two bottles of 1982 Chateau Mouton Rothschild at a cost of about $4,200 each, as well as black truffles and gold leaf. The pie serves eight with a total cost around $15,900, or $1,990 per slice, which includes a glass of champagne.

4. Bread

Forget Poilâne's famous French sourdough at $19.50 a loaf. In 1994, Diane Duyser of Florida noticed that the toasted sandwich she was eating appeared to contain an image of the Virgin Mary. She kept it for ten years (it never went moldy), before selling it to Canadian casino Goldenpalace.com for $28,000 in 2004.

5. Ice Cream Sundae

At $1,000, the Grand Opulence Sundae at New York's Serendipity certainly lives up to its name. Made from Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream covered in 23-karat edible gold leaf and drizzled with Amedei Porcelana, the world's most expensive chocolate, this indulgence is studded with gold dragets and truffles and topped with dessert caviar.

6. Pizza

Americans love their pizza. And at $1,000 a pie (or $125 a slice) they better be able to put their money where their mouth is. The Luxury Pizza, a 12-inch thin crust, is the creation of Nino Selimaj, owner of Nino's Bellissima in Manhattan. To order this extravagant pizza, call 24 hours in advance because it is covered with six different types of caviar that need to be specially ordered. The pie is also topped with lobster, crème fraîche, and chives.

7. Boxed Chocolates

At $2,600 per pound, Chocopologie by Knipschildt Chocolatier of Connecticut is the world's most expensive box of chocolates. The Chocolatier, opened in 1999 by Danish chef Fritz Knipschildt, also sells a decadent dark chocolate truffle with a French black truffle inside for a mere $250. But don't expect to just drop in and buy one on a whim . . . they're available on a preorder basis only.

8. Sandwich

Since the 19th century, the club sandwich has been a restaurant staple. But thanks to English chef James Parkinson, the von Essen Platinum club sandwich at the Cliveden House Hotel near London is also the world's most expensive sandwich at $197. Weighing just over a pound, the sandwich is made of the finest ingredients, including Iberico ham cured for 30 months, quail eggs, white truffles, semi-dried Italian tomatoes, and 24-hour fermented sourdough bread.

9. Omelette

For $1,000, this gigantic concoction comes stacked with caviar and an entire lobster encased within its eggy folds. Still, one might expect a seafood fork made of platinum and a few precious stones within to justify the price of a few eggs (albeit with a few added trappings). Nicknamed "The Zillion Dollar Lobster Frittata," the world's most "egg-spensive" omelette is the objet d'art of chef Emilio Castillo of Norma's restaurant in New York's Le Parker Meridien Hotel. A smaller version is also available for $100.

10. Spice

Saffron, the most expensive spice in the world, has sold in recent years for as much as $2,700 per pound! The price tag is so high because it must be harvested by hand and it takes more than 75,000 threads, or filaments, of the crocus flower to equal one pound of the spice! Most saffron comes from Iran, Turkey, India, Morocco, Spain, and Greece, and in the ancient world the spice was used medicinally and for food and dye. Prices vary depending on the quality and the amount, but high-quality saffron has been known to go for as much as $15 per gram (0.035 ounces).

11. Cake

And the award for the most expensive food goes to . . . a fruitcake? Encrusted with 223 small diamonds, this cake (which is edible without the gems, of course) was for sale for an unbelievable $1.6 million in December 2005. One of 17 diamond-themed displays in a Japanese exhibit called "Diamonds: Nature's Miracle," the masterpiece took a Tokyo pastry chef six months to design and one month to create.

P/S: Wow.... i didnt even know there's such a thing exist. I heard about this, and i already thought that it was amazing.... lolz....

Natrabu - Nasi Padang

Ahhhh... the gem of indonesian food. this is authentic indonesian food. in the sense that it is flavourful and spicy ^^


indonesia food in malaysia


it's a bungalow setting, no worries bout parking ^^

Padang food has always been associated with spice and chillies in indonesia. we consider them to be the best when it comes to beef rendang and curry chicken. no one can beat them. not even my mum's cooking :(
Traditionally, padang restaurant has 1 distinctive feature. they love to stack plates with food that they sell, high on the front window of their shop. excuse me for bad description ;p anyways, this is one shop from jakarta. maybe from padang too. i'm not too sure. but, their food seem to sell very well in jakarta. hence, they open a branch in malaysia. maybe a hint that suggest the amount of indonesians in malaysia? ;p


instead of a menu, choose ur dish here, at the counter ^^


fine example of food stacking madness @.@

to me, the Padang people (Padangese?) might have the same philosophy about food as that of a chinese. why? this here is a fine example. while, we can turn any part of a pig into a dish, they can turn almost any part of a cow into a dish. hence, u can find cow brain (which somewhat taste close to tofu), cow lung (usually deep fried) and intestine too at this place.


L-R: cow brain, kikil (part of a cow's leg) and cow intestine.


L-R: beef rendang, beef jerky with chili and deep fried lungs


u can choose to dine indoor or outdoor


wedding, anyone?


the staffs are dressed in traditional wardrobe

if you can manage to drive down here, you might as well get served in the padang way. it is somewhat similar to having sushi at kaiten belt. but here, the food comes in small plates to your table.


this is the range of their menu, sort of :) and all on our table of 5

dont worry. you dont have to finish everything that they serve you. this is just how it feels like to dine in a padang restaurant. what's good here? chicken curry. that is one dish that is a benchmark, for me, to measure the goodness of a padang restaurant. if they can get this dish right, you can almost be assured of a good time dining ^^ padang's chicken curry is different from any chicken curry i ate all this long. the curry are more liquidish, but still has all the kick of a curry. yet it is subtle. next, is the beef rendang. beef rendang has to be tender and almost melt in your mouth. it cant taste like u're chewing a slipper. that is a big no no for beef rendang.
Those 2 are the benchmark (for me). once they get these dishes right, i wont object coming to that place again and again. some padang restaurant in indonesia, are more known for their delicious fish head curry than anything else. but that is in indonesia :)
my most memorable time of dining in a padang restaurant was during my 2nd year of high school (equivalent to form 5). 5 of us guys were staying at Puncak (a place like Genting Highlands), where the weather is cool too. so imagine eating something warm and spicy at a cool place..........................done imagining yet????????????? if you cant, imagine having bak kut teh at genting ^^ it is close to that

How to eat padang food according to d2e:
1. get heap of rice on your plate.
2. dont shy away from the curry, get em all.
3. get some chili, balado chili. (it is the red and green chili in a plate)
4. get your meat and veggie
5. dive in with your hands (of cos, dont forget to wash your hands 1st)
6. repeat until you cant move anymore.

other take on natrabu: masak-masak (she just loves the dessert)

No. 3, Lorong Raja Uda 1
Off Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz
Kampung Baru
Kuala Lumpur
Tel No: 03 - 2691 2701
They are open from 11am to 11.30pm daily ^^

1 Utama Oktoberfest

I was walking around in 1 utama when i saw this:


exchange 2 50 cents for a bottle of german beer? i am all for it!!!

so, here we are. at the oktoberfest. a German beer festival, held in Malaysia, for the third year in a row @,@ (how come I only found out about it now?) for more oktoberfest, go to wikipedia ^^ read and nurture your mind ;p


bright day for queuing up for beer ;p

only 1 beer per person per queue. hence, the ticket :) the event starts at 5pm. but the queue? starts at 4.30 pm. my goodness. the event took place near the rainforest of 1 utama. so what happens here? first and foremost of all, the cheap german beer :) you have to wait in line for it. get your tix from the queue-guy and prepare your 1RM in 50 cents.


get your tix n dont lose it :)


look at that giant bucket to chill the beers @,@


cheap beer is a really good advert ;p


look at the crowd!!!


i queue 30 minutes for these baby :)

after a small task of queuing, we went to look for tables. sit and prepare for our meal. Supposedly some german style cooking. And what heaven it is!! There is no drink but beer here, and there is no meat but pork here. Double dosage of non-halalness @,@ i call this the double haram. pork and beer. this is truly 9th layer of heaven.


good food, good beer and... good music :p

we were entertained by these musicians. who in the spirit of keeping oktoberfest real, play some german folklore too ^^ and after a few songs, they have this drinking song that they will repeat. maybe to test, whether u r sober enough to continue drinking ^^ the song ask u to stand up and lift up your glass 3 times @,@ really, i'm sure the song acts like a sobriety test ^^


the long lines of tables

All the food sold here was provided by Dave's. you can find them near TGIF in 1U :)


the bacon


i cant remember the name


the sausage

all meat dishes come with a serving of mashed potato, 2 soft bread (some turns harder than they should) and a small box of butter (mine was melted butter) @,@

to me, the pinnacle of the event was when the musicians bring out the big gun ^^


they r lugging it around for people to try it

trust me, you dont wanna try to blow that thing. it takes a certain skill and a big lung too. btw, it's called..... i cant remember its name ;p


the only guy in the band with the leet skill to blow it, the bassist too ^^




this must be the dom-perignon of beer. its taste is close to wine, but with the amount of bubble of a beer. it smells nothing like beer. in fact, it smells wonderful. like flowers and fruits ^^ each bottle is sold for 15RM.


belle-vue, framboise

anutha entertainment for the night is, the drinking game ^^

finishing a bottle of beer without hands


1st song of oktoberfest


the yodel song

ROSEN!!! i guess that must mean cheers in germany ^^

Yut Kee Kopitiam

Pork, pork, pork... how can that word doesnt sound delicious? I'm sorry if i sounded like inconsiderating person, but when it comes to meat, nothing beats pork. A beef noodle will taste a lot better with just a splash of porky oil when u cook the meat. A regular bean sprout dish will turn marvelous if you cook them in lard @,@ okay... i'll stop there before the health inspector comes :)

So yeah... this place, Yut Kee. It is supposed to have a long history. about 20 years? dont get me wrong. i'm not about being cynical or anything. but, how can a 20 year old kopitiam still survive in the modern days of starbucks, coffee bean and modern kopitiams? That's what makes this place all the more interesting.

I first read about it at masak-masak. Well, her blog is the first flog I ever stumble into anyways. And since the, it's just downhill. links beget links. reference begets more reference. I am really thrilled to see that I am not the only person alive that have constant craving for good food. Heck, I got criticized before for constantly craving good food. Dont they know that good food is the essence of a happy soul? -_- anyways, back to the topic. yut kee :)

For the history of this place, I'll just skip all the hassle of reading from other flog and posting here by giving the links :) here are others' take on the place: masak-masak, makan kings, a whiff of lemongrass, the travelling hungryboy and lots of cravings. Okay, that's enough linkage, i guess.

Getting here is actually easy peasey. Drive down to jalan dang wangi. There is no way you can miss this little stall on the corner of the street.


..::one big clear signboard::..

Or you can do it my way. Take the public transport ^^ take the LRT all the way to station dang wangi. being the tourist that I am. Wait a minute, I'm an expat, not a mere tourist ;p so yeah.. I took the LRT down to Dang Wangi station. and just work my way from there. this place is actually on walking distance. you can get here by walking for 10 minutes. If you dont know the way, just ask around for 'jalan dang wangi' or just be like a manic foodies and ask straight away for 'yut kee' ^^ teeheehee... Do it the Gandhi way, honesty is the best policy.

And how surprised I was to see this kind of crowd in this 20 years old kopitiam @,@


old skool with modern, fast service... styloooo

that's one great business for someone who has been in this line for 20 years @,@ we have to wait for a while before we can sit. I wonder how much money are they raking in everyday? :)

the great thing here was supposed to be the 'roti babi'. but when we got there, they were out of it @,@ and i traveled that far for their famous T.T so, i have to settle with pork chop :(


cant get this anywhere else :) not as good as this though

and their char siew fan ^^


ahhhh... comfort food ^_________^

This would have been food heaven day... If only roti babi was here... But i have to admit, it was somehow my fault too. I had some gourmet pork before i came here at jarrod & rawlins ;p so yeah... that is how the sky is telling that i cant have too much of a good thing in one day ^^ i'll be back :)

Jarrod & Rawlins

This place has been getting fantastic review from many other floggers. And last saturday, I finally managed to get there. Buahahaha... This time, i dragged another food junkie wanna be (AFJ-another food junkie) and a pretty hospitality student to go with me :) they insist that they remain anonymous. Rather, I insist ;p So, off we go from an indonesian-student-infested spot called sunway to lorong dungun.

I've gotten some rawlins sausage before. turns out that cold storage sells them in their non halal section. packed nicely in a box of 6 sausages. I used them to make pizza. non-halal pizza ;p

The plan in my head on that day was to hitch a bus to KL Central and take a feeder bus to lorong dungun, that would be the rapid KL, T634. That was the initial plan. When our bus reached KL Central, AFJ's tummy apparently has a mind of its own. It was already 11.30 am n the dragons in his tummy are declaring that it was already past feeding time. So, from there, we took the 'taxi berkupon' system. which costs us 9RM @,@ lolz... Well, all in the name of food. this is what we have to go through...

In the cab, I tried asking our nice chauffeur on the whereabouts of Jarrod & Rawlins. I shoudnt be shocked that all he did was stare at me as if I was speaking in another language. A language unknown to common men. But that doesnt stop us. Heck, I was even thinking. Well, worse come to worst, we can always ask around :) optimism just saves the day.

He let us down near wisma HELP. I was a bit reluctant about it, so I asked him to go further to a junction in front to relieve us. Must be the weirdest customer he had all year ;p so, there we were, 3 confused 'tourists' in the junction of a road, looking for passerby to ask for direction. Since it was saturday afternoon, I guess everyone was either off or out for lunch. The street was almost quiet, except for 2 guards that doesnt seem to speak malay or chinese, only an itsy english... So, we decided to walk around until we managed to find the sign that saves our lives. the road sign says, lorong dungun.

A short stroll after, we found the place!!! I was delirious that i forgot to snap some pics of J&R's signboard. dang.... anyways... we were simply amazed by the ambience. it was noon and our tummies were growling. waiting to be fed. this is some pics of the place.


i just love this round speaker. it looks so UFO ^^

I can slightly imagine having dinner here. good food, romantic ambience. really cant go wrong here if you were planning a romantic dinner for 2 :)


...sure would be lovely to eat there...


our lunch is under the canopy. nice...

Everyone keeps saying about how porkalicious this place is. So, the first thing in mind that we have to check out is the deli counter. Hmmm... memory loss.. forgot to take pics of the 'sinful' deli counter @,@ noooo.....

Firstly, we choose the breakfast set. Not to be missed here. it comes with 2 sausage, 1 bacon, 2 sunny side up eggs, 2 baked tomatoes, orange juice and a choice of coffee or tea. really nice. they have so much confidence in their products, that it was grilled with very minimum seasonings. amazing!! simply amazing :) but the taste wasnt compromised. at all.


beautiful... beautiful...


did i say beautiful?


first thing out from the kitchen. toast..with butter, of cozzz...


my good friend in the morning


my good fren's fren in the morning ;)

Second in our order was the duck breast salad. It was costly, 23RM. But with the amount of duck breast involved in this little scandal. I really dont mind :)


healthy food for y'all carnivore

the last but not least, their gourmet products :) this should put a smile in anyone's face ^^ Pork Spicy Chili Sausage RM4.30 per 100g and the Dynamite Sausage at the price of RM5.30 per 100g.  This dish comes with a mashed potato (d'lish!!). creamy enough but not overpowering. And a lil mustard on the side.


the way my day should start

The total bill came up to around 78RM. 3 hearty satisfying meal :) that's what i call a whole meal. lolz. I would definitly go back there  again. next time, we'll make sure we were there on weekdays for their lunch set ;p prized only at 23RM. appetizer, main course, coffee/tea. thanks to xiu long bao.

Jarrod & Rawlins (Damansara Heights)
Address: 6, Lorong Dungun
Damansara Heights, 50490 Kuala Lumpur.
Telephone: 03-2093 0708
Operating Hours/Days : 10:30am - 12:30am, Daily (kitchen closes at 11:00pm)

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a whiff of lemongrass